Words of Encouragement

Challenges and difficulties are a part of life and words of encouragement can often help you get out of your rut. It’s easy to tell someone to hang in there and to keep a positive outlook when they are going through tough times but when it happens to you, keeping your chin up isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Even so, it’s not impossible. There are a lot of things you can do to help you stand back up and move forward. Whether you’ve been dealt with a setback while working towards your goal, lost a loved one, or just feel down, inspirational words of encouragement can help.

Words can have a powerful impact on your mindset. Although we’ve all heard the saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me”, the fact is that words really do have an impact on how we feel. Often times, when things seem pointless, when you’ve just come face to face with yet another failure, it can seem as though it’s the end. It can seem as though no matter how hard you try, the life that you want will always be just out of reach.

During these times, some positive words of encouragement can help you shift your focus. When it comes down to it, how you feel is really just about what you focus on. What words of inspiration and encouragement will do for you is help you put things into perspective.

Who doesn’t go through failures, setbacks, and challenges? We all do. In fact, after you get through this challenging time, you will have more to come in the future. Although that sounds pessimistic, it’s also reality. Those who succeed in life and get what they want as well as those who are the most happiest aren’t people who never face difficulties. If anything, they probably deal with more challenges than most people. The thing that makes them different is how they respond and react to those obstacles.

Here’s a video I made with an encouraging message from my book, Let’s Do This!

“When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.” – Unknown

“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” – Flavia Weedn

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

“You must do the think you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Time heals all wounds.” – Common Saying

“Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don’t look back at it too long. Mistakes are life’s way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.” – Og Mandino

“You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.” – Joel Osteen

“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard

“Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But none of that is important: they did occur, and so be it. From there onward we must put aside the fear that they awoke in us and begin to rebuild.” – Paulo Coelho

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis

“Just because something isn’t happening for you right now, it doesn’t mean it never will.” – Unknown

“At any given moment you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.” – Christine Mason Miller

“What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” – Unknown

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson

“Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times; they can only make you stronger.” – Unknown

“Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring.” – Unknown

“Let your faith be bigger than your fears.” – Unknown

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” – Stephen Covey

“Don’t let your struggles become your identity.” – Unknown

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” ― Maya Angelou

“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James

“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale

“Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” – Unknown

“You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney

“Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.” – Helen Keller

Some encouraging words I wrote:

* See a dear friend in your position. What would you say to encourage them? – Kevin Ngo

* Challenges are inevitable. Getting back up however, is a choice. – Kevin Ngo

* Are you really going to let this defeat you? After all the work, sweat, and tears you have put into this, you are going to give up now? – Kevin Ngo

* You’re not alone. Many have gone before you. Many will go after you. The important thing to keep in mind is that you need to keep on going. – Kevin Ngo

* You may think you know your limits but you don’t. You’re capable of far more than you realize. – Kevin Ngo

* Root for yourself even if you’re the only one. Even if no one believes in you, you have to at least believe in yourself. – Kevin Ngo

* No matter what, today will come to an end and tomorrow will arrive, leaving you one less day to live. You can either sit there and waste another day feeling sorry for yourself or you can get up and do something about it. – Kevin Ngo

* You’re more than your past failures and mistakes. You’re more than what you’ve been demonstrating up to this point in your life. Don’t let your screw ups define you. Instead, let your potential guide you toward becoming the person you want to be. – Kevin Ngo

* Things could be worse, much worse. Consider yourself lucky that things aren’t worse than they are. – Kevin Ngo

* If you’re still breathing, it’s not the end and as long as it’s not yet the end, make the remainder of your life worth living. – Kevin Ngo

* Sometimes, not achieving your current goal is exactly what needed to happen in order for you to step up your game and experience greatness. – Kevin Ngo

* If you’re going through the pain of a break up, realize that the odds of that person being your perfect match is incredibly low. In other words, there’s a very good chance that you will find someone much better. – Kevin Ngo

* We tend to learn the most when things don’t go as we had hoped. If anything, past failures can make you better prepared to take advantage of greater opportunities. – Kevin Ngo

* Things will turn out okay not because it’s a guarantee that your situation will improve but because you have the strength to deal with anything life can throw at you and the power to turn things around if you choose to do so. – Kevin Ngo

* The ups and downs of life, it’s all part of the life experience package. Without the downs, the ups won’t feel as good. Without the absence of the sun during a storm, you won’t appreciate the warmth of its light when it eventually reappears. – Kevin Ngo

* You’ve got one life to live; one life to experience all that life has to offer. Embrace it while you still can. – Kevin Ngo

* Sometimes, it helps to take a step back and look at the grand scheme of things. Perhaps then you’ll realize just how silly it would be to spend another minute worrying and stressing about things you won’t even care about or remember a year from now. – Kevin Ngo

* Life can be tough and even unfair at times. I don’t really have an answer as to why certain things happen but I do know that these are usually the moments in life where the potential for personal growth is the greatest. Diamonds are created under intense pressure. Muscles are built by overcoming tremendous resistance. You could either let these moments in life break you or use them to become a mentally stronger person. – Kevin Ngo

* How far you can go in life is yet to be seen. Don’t let other people’s limited beliefs about what’s possible diminish your potential. – Kevin Ngo

* Losing someone dear to you can be one of the toughest things to go through but you’ll get through it when enough time has passed. Keep in mind that they wouldn’t want you to stop embracing your life because of their passing. If anything, they’d rather you take this as a sign to live life to the fullest if you haven’t been doing so already. – Kevin Ngo

* Through our failures and setbacks, we can become wiser and more mentally prepared to deal with future obstacles. The problem is, we usually don’t realize the value of the experience until later on since we can be too emotionally involved. If you’re struggling through something right now, chances are, it won’t be for no reason. You’ll eventually find some sort of benefit from this experience even if it may not be obvious at the moment. – Kevin Ngo

* When you think about just how short a human life is compared to time itself, you’ll realize how insignificant our problems are in the whole grand scheme of things. No matter what you’re going through, it’s all temporary. Work on letting go of all the unnecessary stress you’re carrying around in order to have more time and mental energy to enjoy life. – Kevin Ngo

* When life gets you down and no one is there to help lift you back up, you can either continue waiting for someone to come along to help you, stay down, or decide that you’re strong enough to lift yourself back up. – Kevin Ngo

* If you feel like your life sucks, it’s a sign that something needs to change. If you don’t like where you are in life, do something about it. Improve yourself, daily. Sitting there and feeling sorry for yourself isn’t going to change anything. Plenty of people have turned their entire life around just by deciding to do so. Realize that you have the power to determine your own destiny. You can either waste it and live an unhappy life or use it to design and enjoy an incredible life. – Kevin Ngo

* Give yourself some time to heal, but not too much time. Misery can be addictive and no matter how comfortable it can make you feel at times, hanging on to it will only make things worse. – Kevin Ngo

Thank you for these encouraging words. I was down today because when i got to school for my subject and i never thought i see my batch classmate in college of the other school and he is my teacher now!its like i get back into memory lane. But im so thankful of those encouraging words.?

We all have burdens,Its how we carry them that matters.Sometimes we lose a loved one and were put right to the test but don’t go criticizing the one who knows the best he has given us many comforts he has the right to take away.May the Lord be praised in glory forever let us pray.

This is so true. Just a few days back, on a weekday, 2 very young boys in Singapore were cycling but a freak accident happened. They were knocked down by a heavy vehicle and both died instantly. Prior to their death, the family did have an outing together over the weekend. Almost the entire nation grief for the parents’ loss ( they only had these 2 boys ). Hope GOD will give them the strength to live.

Brother Tony here, yes our today is all we have, but let me use some old time talk and if it helps than am ok. Well let me start saying that time is not ours to control but with the help of our savior Jesus we have a good chance, yes don’t delay what you can do today but always know that life is in his hands not yours so be careful in all things an pray if tomorrow was to come and you can still be stuck in your yesterdays so here is a simple answer just know u got love and it always wins out not like we may want it but it will be good for all, Without my brother or sister and my child than really what are we, so don’t let the dat go by without leaving this one very important word for living love each other first than our God who controls time will see clear who sees tomorrow, love ya!

Be blessed,be happy,you can do it,god is with than who can be against
You,money is on the way,hope faith grace strive endure to the,love
peace joy & happiness…it is easy, it is light,and most of all……you
Have POWER

Nobody has the right to make you sad. No one can deny you happiness. Learn to avoid nasty people, ignore hurtful comments and don’t hesitate to tell annoying people to go away. Stay around people that make you happy and important because you won’t live twice. If you let anyone make it a sad life for you, it will still be your loss and you won’t get another lifetime to enjoy.

* Wonderful in the eyes of the God * Christ is between all,to let us to see and experience how much we are wonderful in His eyes,living by the will of the Lord * Praise God * The Lord bless,heals and protect you * Amen *

Never give up hope. We all make mistakes. Your life is worth fighting for. Challenges are inevitable, getting back up however, is a choice. You are capable of far more than you realize. Believe in yourself. Live life.

Thank you very much for this. I have a huge obstacle that I am about to tackle by next week, and I’ve been preparing for it in the past 3 months. I just hope that I’ll do good on the day of my exam, and these stuff in ur blog kind of help me calm my nerves. Thanks.

My heart has lightened, my mind calmed of chatter, my feet stand steady and balance on this Magnificent Mother Earth! Your hearts expressions my sisters and brothers, have cleared the fear from my chest and head!! My swelling, liberated Heart is released from its imaginary cage?…because of you, because of you!!!!!!

Losing a loved one with whom you shared a great part of life brings deep feelings of grief, pain and loneliness. I was there! But looking closer inside,I found Christ Jesus who restored my JOY in a much greater volume.
I’m really inspired by your words.

Never get tired of doing litle things for others Sometimes those litle things occupy the biggest part of their hearts. “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.

Stop feeling sorry and looking down at yourself all the time when things are not going your way. Go out there and raise your head high and keep on trying and bealive in yourself and do remember, with God by your side everything is possible. God bless

I am going through a lot right now with my family job and my self just when I thought things were fine seems as though distraction stepped in…I need God to help me I see that I can’t do it on my own and I hope. He can see my sincerity I truly am sorry for turning my back even just a little bit on Him please pray God looks past my mistakes and guides me to a higher place

Funny. It’s just a little video. Something I should be able to say to myself. But it helped me right this moment. So very much. This too shall pass. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart. My unborn and I thank you.

Today is my day. I will except no other. I will pray for strength and guidance. I will care for myself as I do for others. I will accomplish with steadfast dedication what my heart desires most. I will learn from my mistakes but not dwell on the losses of the past. Today is like no other day. Today is an adventure that will gracefully unfold. I will cherish the moments that are important to me. I will live today as the first day of my life. And when the light of the passing day begins to fade and the stars begin to glisten through the heavens, I will thank the Lord for my wonderful day. I will know……… this was my day.

The best way to correct your past is by using your children.Sometimes you might not be able to accomplish your aims and ambitions in life. You wish you will be able to come back as a child to re-correct your past to amend your future.
Life has it’s own chances ones you have wasted your chance it another turn
By Michael Allotey

Where there is blame, there can be no forgiveness. Where there is no forgiveness, there can be no freedom. Where there is no freedom, there can be no truth. Where there is no truth, there can be no LOVE…

Only in the depth of despair do we find reasons to go on,
Only when surrounded with sorrow do we strive even harder for happiness,
Only when the darkness of self doubt creeps in does hipe shine bright,
Only when are guilt weighs down on us do we truly face the truth of our folly,
Only when we decide to make right the wrongs in our life can we begin to mend bridges to a positive and productive future. 🙂

When ever you feel like you can’t go on and know one will help you I know a men the is always there for you his name is Jesus I you got to do is call his name and he will come and set you free I may not be when you want it but it will be on time God bless you all